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the Safety Signal
June 2012 - Page 1
June 2012
(Continued)
If you would like to
make a submission or
suggest a story idea
to be published,
please send your
information to Public
Information Officer
Deanna Beckham
Hargus, editor, via e-mail
to
dhargus@dps.state.ok.us
or call 405-425-7708.
On June 28, Gabe Leach, Oklahoma
Highway Patrol, was given a special assignment
to escort the United States Honor Flag from
Oklahoma City to the Kansas border.
According to Reuters.com there is only
one U.S. Honor Flag which was flying over the
Texas Capitol during the terrorist attack of Sept.
11, 2001.
Shortly afterward, Texas Gov. Rick Perry
sent that American flag and a Texas state flag to
New York City; they were delivered by Chris
Heisler who is now president and CEO of The
Honor Network, a nonprofit organization that
coordinates the U.S. Flag of Honor.
The flag was presented to then-New York
Gov. George Pataki in recognition of police
officers and firefighters who lost their lives in
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The flag was then
flown over Ground Zero.
This special flag has since flown over
many symbolic places including Afghanistan,
Iraq, the International Space Station, several state
Capitols and the federal Capitol, and it has
attended more than 1,000 military and law
enforcement funerals.
As the flag crosses each state line a
special ceremony is performed by the state
troopers chosen to escort the flag, which rides in
a vehicle painted like the American flag. It had
previously been in Texas and was heading to a
funeral in Denver, Colorado.
The troopers, wearing white gloves
monogrammed with “USHF,” United States
Honor Flag, met at the state line, saluted the flag
Trooper honored with special assignment
Trp. Gabe Leach is honored with
the special assignment of
transporting the United States
Flag of Honor.
Printed by permission
Perry Daily Journal

the Safety Signal
June 2012 - Page 1
June 2012
(Continued)
If you would like to
make a submission or
suggest a story idea
to be published,
please send your
information to Public
Information Officer
Deanna Beckham
Hargus, editor, via e-mail
to
dhargus@dps.state.ok.us
or call 405-425-7708.
On June 28, Gabe Leach, Oklahoma
Highway Patrol, was given a special assignment
to escort the United States Honor Flag from
Oklahoma City to the Kansas border.
According to Reuters.com there is only
one U.S. Honor Flag which was flying over the
Texas Capitol during the terrorist attack of Sept.
11, 2001.
Shortly afterward, Texas Gov. Rick Perry
sent that American flag and a Texas state flag to
New York City; they were delivered by Chris
Heisler who is now president and CEO of The
Honor Network, a nonprofit organization that
coordinates the U.S. Flag of Honor.
The flag was presented to then-New York
Gov. George Pataki in recognition of police
officers and firefighters who lost their lives in
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The flag was then
flown over Ground Zero.
This special flag has since flown over
many symbolic places including Afghanistan,
Iraq, the International Space Station, several state
Capitols and the federal Capitol, and it has
attended more than 1,000 military and law
enforcement funerals.
As the flag crosses each state line a
special ceremony is performed by the state
troopers chosen to escort the flag, which rides in
a vehicle painted like the American flag. It had
previously been in Texas and was heading to a
funeral in Denver, Colorado.
The troopers, wearing white gloves
monogrammed with “USHF,” United States
Honor Flag, met at the state line, saluted the flag
Trooper honored with special assignment
Trp. Gabe Leach is honored with
the special assignment of
transporting the United States
Flag of Honor.
Printed by permission
Perry Daily Journal